Friday, April 5, 2013

Step by step Configuring PDF IFilters in Sharepoint2010 Search

Step by step Configuring PDF IFilters in Sharepoint2010  Search

Reference:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/82546/How-to-configure-PDF-iFilter-for-SharePoint-Server
http://www.mossgurus.com/adnan/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=9
http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2011/03/pdf-search-ifilter-configuration.html
  1. Install PDF iFilter 9.0 (64 bit) from here.
  2. Download PDF icon file from pdf16.gif and copy at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\.
  3. Add the following entry in docIcon.xml file, which can be found at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML.
    <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdf16.gif" /> 
  4. Add PDF file type on the Manage File Type page under Search Service Application.
  5. Open registry by executing regedit on the Start --> Run.
  6. Navigate to the following location:
    \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\
    14.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension 
  7. Right-click Extension, a menu will appear.
  8. Click New--> Key to create a new key for .pdf. See screen shot below:
  9. Enter .pdf and save key.
  10. Now add the following GUID in the default value as shown in the figure below.
    {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603} 

  11. If you are configuring SharePoint Server 2010, then restart Search service by executing the following command on the command line:
    net stop osearch 
    net start osearch 
  12. If you are configuring PDF iFilter on Search Server 2010, then restart the SharePoint Server Search 14 service as shown in the figure below:
  13. Perform incremental to include PDF files.
  14. PDF iFilter is successfully configured. Now you can search for the content of PDF file. See screen shot below:

1 comment:

  1. Hi Anna,
    If you want to automate the same through powershell script.You can have a look on the below post
    http://walkthroughsharepoint2010.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/installing-pdf-filter-with-powershell.html

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